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Articles 26421 through 26520 of 27558:
- Learn from Latur, re-create Gujarat (Hindustan Times, Shivraj Patil, Feb 04, 2001)
IN TERMS of devastation and the number of human lives lost, the tragedy in Gujarat on January 26 is incomparable to the earthquake in Latur and Osmanabad of September 30, 1993. Gujarat has suffered the most in the quake that shook entire South Asia that m
- Bengal escape into magical realism (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Feb 04, 2001)
I have seen the future and it works," is the remark attributed to an enthusiastic visitor to the Soviet Union in the 1920s. A few years later, Sydney and Beatrice Webb described the USSR as a "new civilisation". In a way it was. None of the old civilisati
- Managing faultlines (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Feb 04, 2001)
The Gujarat earthquake has forced us to take a closer look at the nation's state of preparedness in disaster management. Unfortunately, the picture looks bleak: The national disaster management policy is yet to be put in place. States have antiquated reli
- The road not taken (Pioneer, Sunil Kapoor , Feb 04, 2001)
My car refused to start that morning, the self-starter had jammed all of a sudden. Hesitantly I summoned the neighborhood mechanic, who took a couple of hours and seven hundred rupees to make the vehicles roadworthy.
- FORMER PMs (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 04, 2001)
It has become the favourite past-time of former Prime Ministers to criticise the good, remain silent over the bad, organise or address some gathering on the theme of 'being neither here nor there'. True, when one is unemployed or has no work the famous ad
- Ambedkar and the Dalit cause (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Feb 04, 2001)
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is known as the architect of the Constitution of India. He is also considered the leader of the depressed classes. Dr Ambedkar performed these two roles admirably.
- Kashmir and peace process (Daily Excelsior, P L Khushu, Feb 04, 2001)
With the changed visions and versions of the ruling elite of the government of India and other leadership associates of the various political and militant group hamlets of Jammu and Kashmir regarding the easing of the decade old militancy scenario which h
- A CITY AND ITS BOOKS (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2001)
Most Calcuttans love the Book Fair. Trysts, feasts, crowd-watching and a bit of browsing, as winter turns into spring, can be a lot of fun. And in that order. But does this make the fair an expression of the city’s abiding love for books? This annually re
- Pretty politician (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2001)
For Arun Jaitley, Union minister for law, justice and company affairs, 2001 began with a bang. A leading newspaper published a prediction by a well known Delhi astrologer, Madan Das Madan, that Jaitley’s political career was set to reach dizzying heights.
- Lessons from disaster (Tribune, Rakshat Puri, Feb 04, 2001)
THE Gujarat earthquake may have a few lessons for people in and outside the State to reflect upon. It may be possible also to blame the authorities in the state and at the Centre for some degree of unpreparedness. But in sum, reflection on the earthquake
- Carry ration card next time you get stuck! (Tribune, Prem Kumar , Feb 04, 2001)
AND the Chief Minister of Gujarat said, so says a media report, that he had ordered an inquiry into the causes of the earthquake and had declared a statewide alert. Thank him for his seriousness and thank God that he did not call for God's explanation for
- A writer in love with India (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Feb 04, 2001)
SIXTEEN years back I received an envelope from Paris. The contents surprised me. Carefully folded inside was a photograph with a covering letter. It was my photograph with Dominique Lapierre atop the Eiffel Towers and scribbled on the letter were memorabl
- GHQ betrayed General Niazi (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Feb 04, 2001)
At last the military regime of Pakistan published the Hamoodur Rahman Report. How far is the released version true to the original is a moot question? Pakistani print media’s reaction was only subdued. The subject matter of the report is extremely sensiti
- Universities of Haryana: academic ghettoes? (Tribune, D. R. Chaudhry, Feb 04, 2001)
PROF. Amrik Singh's article 'Varsities in Punjab, Haryana' (The Tribune, Jan 11, 2001) in response to Prof V.N. Datta's anguished comment on the decline of research in our universities dilates upon the malaise in the universities of two neighbouring state
- Diabolical ploy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 04, 2001)
Subversives in Kashmir, both foreign and local, are once again up to their nefarious tricks to mislead the public and steamroll their way into the valley's civic life. In the guise of a humanitarian gesture, various terrorist outfits in the valley are ple
- Govt. slumbers through the dance of death (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Feb 04, 2001)
Civil society groups, the armed forces and foreign help have been instrumental in saving the lives of those who survived. The role of the Government, so far, has been almost incidental. KALPANA SHARMA and MANAS DASGUPTA report.
- Sigh of the Sabarmati (Hindustan Times, Bachi J Karkaria, Feb 04, 2001)
NINE DAYS after, the earthquake still shakes our conscience. While once-unheard-of villages acquire an ironic immortality for having fallen off the map, we add insult to their tragedy. On them we heap a dithering administration, looting, and those who thi
- After Vajpayee who? (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 04, 2001)
THROUGHOUT THE late 1950s and early 1960s, political observers had a favourite parlour game. It was called ‘After Nehru Who?’ It consisted of guessing who would take over from Jawaharlal Nehru as India’s second Prime Minister. An American correspondent po
- MANAGING DISASTER (Telegraph, Bhaskar Ghose, Feb 04, 2001)
As the appalling dimensions of the earthquake damage in Gujarat are emerging, so is the widespread anger at the slow response of the administration, and, more importantly, the continuing lack of coordination of the relief effort which is now a very substa
- Finding the money (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 04, 2001)
Given the massive scale of the disaster in Gujarat, it is arguable that the Government, faced with a severe resource crunch, had no option but to levy a two per cent surcharge on personal incomes over Rs 60,000 and corporate revenues, in the next fiscal y
- What if Gujarat repeats elsewhere? (Daily Excelsior, Dr.Jitendra Singh, Feb 04, 2001)
In one of his better known verses, the Late Sahir Ludhianvi had opined that the tears that are apparently shed in sympathy with others' bereavement or a common bereavement are, infact, often subconsciously motivated by an intimately personal despair lodge
- Enlightenment within Muslim women (Daily Excelsior, S K Bhalla, Feb 04, 2001)
At a time when the population of India has touched 100-crore mark it is no refreshing sign that the level of literacy within the Muslim Community is abnormally low and is much worse for women, with just about 19 percent as reported in a prestigious Nation
- Indo-EU relations (Daily Excelsior, K R Sudhaman, Feb 04, 2001)
Aturnaround in India European Union relations is clearly visible now especially after former Hong Kong's Chief Administrator Chris Patten became the EU Commissioner for External Relations. European Union has been India's second largest trading partner acc
- Hurriyat can’t set the agenda for Kashmir: Farooq (Daily Excelsior, B.L.Kak, Feb 04, 2001)
NEW DELHI, Feb 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, has set Kashmir ‘experts’ in the power corridors of New Delhi thinking anew-this time with his argument that the Hurriyat Conference can’t set the agenda for Kashmir.
- Law and systems (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2001)
WE are entering the new millennium — what we may or can often call tormented by flashes all around eventualised by the multi-dimensional changes at a global pace much due to scientific and technological advancements which instead of illuminating have been
- Benazir’s gambit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
It is not a sudden attack of conscience which is making Benazir Bhutto express her determination to return to Pakistan. Instead of a guilty feeling that she has been away too long, it is a canny calculation that the present time may prove to be the right
- Promoting multiculturalism (Hindu, Ananta Kumar Giri, Feb 03, 2001)
ESTABLISHING MULTICULTURAL societies is an important task of democratic mobilisation and transformation today. A multicultural society is one of mutual and multiple recognitions where individuals are neither subjected to the tyrannies of compulsive cultur
- The guilty in Gujarat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
It now appears that the building lobby in Gujarat is running for cover as it has every reason to fear public ire. As the nation mourns the tragedy which has befallen the state, it is becoming more than clear that much of the stupendous loss could have bee
- The quake tax (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
As the economic burden of the Gujarat earthquake is going to be enormous, few will oppose the Government’s decision to impose a 2 per cent surcharge on income tax. On the contrary, it may be considered an act of duty by taxpayers earning an annual income
- A tax for a cause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2001)
AN EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION demands a sacrifice of some kind, so the additional surcharge of 2 per cent on personal income and corporate tax rates to aid the reconstruction of Kutch is a very small burden that tax assessees are being asked to bear. What wa
- HIMALAYAN BLUNDERS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 03, 2001)
There is no denying the fact that successive Governments at the Centre have committed many Himalayan blunders while handling Jammu & Kashmir State. Not that these are over. These blunders are also referred to as 'experiments galore'. If someone asks what
- Musharraf regime is power crazy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2001)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was jailed for "trying to sow dissension" within the ranks of the military. Yet, when the Jamaat Islami chief asked the Army to replace Chief Executive Officer, General Pervez Musharraf, he was invited to a dialogue. Thi
- The guilty in Gujarat (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
It now appears that the building lobby in Gujarat is running for cover as it has every reason to fear public ire. As the nation mourns the tragedy which has befallen the state, it is becoming more than clear that much of the stupendous loss could have bee
- The quake tax (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
As the economic burden of the Gujarat earthquake is going to be enormous, few will oppose the Government’s decision to impose a 2 per cent surcharge on income tax. On the contrary, it may be considered an act of duty by taxpayers earning an annual income
- Lessons from the Gujarat tragedy (Business Line, P R Brahmananda , Feb 03, 2001)
IT IS difficult to commercially appraise the devastation caused by the Gujarat earthquake. It is not simply that buildings and houses have been destroyed, railway tracks damaged, and roads and bridges demolished. Valuable human lives running into tens of
- Benazir’s gambit (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 03, 2001)
It is not a sudden attack of conscience which is making Benazir Bhutto express her determination to return to Pakistan. Instead of a guilty feeling that she has been away too long, it is a canny calculation that the present time may prove to be the right
- Sudden death (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 03, 2001)
THERE are so many poignant aspects of the killer earthquake that struck parts of Gujarat on January 26 that one just does not have the desire to highlight any one of them to the exclusion of the others. Each aspect is smothered in grief, and when one trie
- Tax time (OutLook, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 03, 2001)
THE DECISION TO levy a surcharge on personal and corporate incomes to fund the additional expenditure on relief and rehabilitation of quake-devastated Gujarat hardly comes as a surprise.Though reliable estimates are as yet not available, the destruction o
- Where Indian politicians are a disgrace (Tribune, Tavleen Singh, Feb 03, 2001)
IT was so unexpected a sight that for a moment I thought I was hallucinating. There, walking down a snow-covered Davos street were a group of Hindu holy men wearing, thin, white muslin. Delicate shawls lay over their shoulders but they seemed not to need
- WTO and Haryana’s agricultural economy Serious threat that the new regime poses (Tribune, Raman Mohan, Feb 03, 2001)
WITH the World Trade Agreement almost in place, Haryana continues to be complacent and utterly unprepared to face the threats the new regime will pose to the State’s agricultural economy. Though the WTO regime will affect the farming community all over th
- Timid tremor tax (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 03, 2001)
CLARITY of thinking is obviously not a strong point with the present central government. And this cannot be entirely blamed on the coalition set-up. After all, the two United Front governments which preceded the NDA regime were marked by good team work an
- HIMALAYAN BLUNDERS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 03, 2001)
There is no denying the fact that successive Governments at the Centre have committed many Himalayan blunders while handling Jammu & Kashmir State. Not that these are over. These blunders are also referred to as 'experiments galore'. If someone asks what
- Diabolical ploy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 03, 2001)
Subversives in Kashmir, both foreign and local, are once again up to their nefarious tricks to mislead the public and steamroll their way into the valley's civic life. In the guise of a humanitarian gesture, various terrorist outfits in the valley are ple
- Gods, Gujrat and Secularism (Daily Excelsior, Dr R L Bhat, Feb 03, 2001)
The physical catastrophes have their inevitable and exclusive origins in a certain combination of physical facts: that or something very close to it was how Rabindranath Tagore responded when Gandhi attributed the devastating Bihar earthquake of 1934 to t
- The day the cease-fire will end (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Feb 03, 2001)
Once again it is Prime Minister Vajpayee who had his way in extending the unilateral cease-fire. However, one way or the other, it has to end someday. Thereafter how the government plans to meet possible sudden onslaught by much better organised and well-
- Mirror, mirror on the wall (Hindustan Times, Benjamin Zachariah, Feb 03, 2001)
An Indian who had been in Britain for four years as a student before moving to London to work had this story to tell: at a dinner hosted by a friend in London, one of the other guests remarked, “You people, you come here, and you take away our jobs.” An o
- Disastrous crisis management (Hindu, C. Rammanohar Reddy, Feb 03, 2001)
OVER JUST 15 months India has experienced the Orissa cyclone, water scarcity in Gujarat and Rajasthan, floods in Bihar and West Bengal and now the massive Gujarat earthquake. And shortly after the rubble is cleared, we will have to deal with a severe drou
- Musharraf calls up PM (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Feb 03, 2001)
NEW DELHI, FEB. 1. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, and the Pakistani Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, established their first direct contact by speaking to each other over telephone today.
- The worship of contrary gods (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 03, 2001)
There are only four days between our Republic Day and the anniversary of the martyrdom of the chief architect of our Independence, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. However, there is a world of difference between the ways we observe these two events. One day we
- Managing faultlines (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Feb 03, 2001)
The Gujarat earthquake has forced us to take a closer look at the nation's state of preparedness in disaster management. Unfortunately, the picture looks bleak: The national disaster management policy is yet to be put in place. States have antiquated reli
- Saving the system (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 02, 2001)
Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah’s assurance that the commission to review the Constitution headed by him is not considering some of the recent controversial proposals should remove all misgivings on this score. Among those who expressed their concern about th
- Soft Hindutva won't help Congress (Pioneer, Ashok K Singh, Feb 02, 2001)
In the cut-throat and fiercely competitive world of politics, symbols once used don't lend themselves to successful repetition.
- Future of friendship (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 02, 2001)
India has done well to convey its willingness to examine all options on the future of the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Nepal. This has been the upshot of the meetings which Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Narayan S. Thapa had with his Indian counter
- US economic slowdown looms large over Asia (Business Line, S. Sethuraman, Feb 02, 2001)
Asian economies have been thrown into new uncertainties by the marked slowdown in the US, the region's powerful locomotive for sustained growth, and by the political turmoils that are undermining the prospects of emergence of an eastern model of integrati
- Salvaging the peace process in Kashmir (Hindu, Amitabh Mattoo, Feb 02, 2001)
IN THE Kashmir of today, every deadline is like a Damocles sword ready to snap the only link with hope and survival. And the next deadline is February 26, the day on which New Delhi's latest extension of the unilateral ceasefire will come to an end. It is
- Ministerial insensitivity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2001)
THE MOST CHARITABLE statement which one could make while commenting on the remarks of Mr. T. John, Karnataka Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Infrastructure Development, about the Gujarat earthquake being ``God's punishment for the attacks on miss
- When the ground shakes (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 02, 2001)
THE YOUNG SCIENCE of seismology - dating back no more than a century - has added greatly to our understanding of earthquakes. But in spite of all the impressive advances, the uncertainty about when and where the Earth will next release its destructive ene
- In praise of foreign service wives (Hindustan Times, Bhaichand Patel, Feb 02, 2001)
Unless you were on another planet, you would have read about the administrative mess in the External Affairs Ministry. Our Foreign Service officers are hanging out in the corridors waiting for postings abroad to materialise. There are others who won’t bud
- Fear of trembling (Hindustan Times, Ashok Ashta, Feb 02, 2001)
The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck at 5.46 am on January 17, 1995, a Tuesday morning after a three-day weekend. It registered 7.2 on the Richter scale — a first in Japan since records were maintained. Over 6,000 people died. Sleeping in my room on the fi
- Banking too much on mergers (Business Line, R.G.Bhatnagar, Feb 02, 2001)
THE scramble for mergers in the banking sector gives rise to many questions. Can mergers alone take care of the banking ills? Are these the only recipe for survival in a globalised and competitive environment? And do size-based merger strategies make good
- Future of friendship (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 02, 2001)
India has done well to convey its willingness to examine all options on the future of the 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Nepal. This has been the upshot of the meetings which Nepal’s Foreign Secretary Narayan S. Thapa had with his Indian counter
- Wake up call (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 02, 2001)
PERSONS of Indian origin in the US, whether they are non-resident or American citizens, have been commanding respect and influence, disproportionate to their number and far more than other ethnic communities, for their hard work and high quality of perfor
- CABINET DECISIONS (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 02, 2001)
At long last State cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has approved grant of pensionary benefits as per recommendations of 5th Pay Commission.
- Tunnel vision (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 02, 2001)
We all know how Doordarshan’s vast network is unparalleled when it comes to disseminating information. We are told about how despite the cable boom, Doordarshan is the one network that provides the window to the world for most Indians, especially those li
- Saving the system (Hindustan Times, Editorial, The Hindustan Times, Feb 02, 2001)
Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah’s assurance that the commission to review the Constitution headed by him is not considering some of the recent controversial proposals should remove all misgivings on this score. Among those who expressed their concern about th
- Managing disaster (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 02, 2001)
Understandably, the Gujarat earthquake has once again underlined the inadequacy of India's institutional arrangements to cope with disasters of the magnitude it unleashed.
- T-90 tanks from Russia -- Another strange deal? (Business Line, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 02, 2001)
TO WRITE anything about the T-90 is like flogging a dead horse. Right from its inception the deal has generated more controversy than any other Defence contract. Several questions remain unanswered, such as the replacement of the aging Vijayanta tanks.
- The Sukh Ram verdict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2001)
PITY the Congress for having expelled Mr Sukh Ram from the party for his alleged role in the multi-crore telecom scam in 1996. The Delhi High Court on Monday discharged the former Communications Minister and the then Communications Secretary Runu Ghosh in
- Riding the tiger (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 02, 2001)
A number of incidents that have occurred in Pakistan in the last month suggest that the Talibanisation of that country is proceeding apace.
- EXTRA MILE (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 02, 2001)
National Security Advisor Brijesh Mishra has done some plain speaking as regards addressing to contentious issues between India and Pakistan. He minces no words and is quite forthright that India is ready to go 'extra mile' for bilateral resolve of all is
- Lessons from Gujarat (Pioneer, Arshi Khan, Feb 02, 2001)
When our country was set to celebrate the Republic Day on January 26, people of Gujarat fell victim to the curse of a natural calamity. The devastating earthquake turned into a national tragedy.
- Extension of Indian pragmatism (Pioneer, Ajoy Bagchi, Feb 02, 2001)
The NDA Government has extended the unilateral cessation of combat operations against the militants in the Jammu & Kashmir by another month beginning January 26.
- Disaster as a new symbol of liberal nationalism (Tribune, Hari Jaisingh, Feb 02, 2001)
AS a people, we rise as one nation during times of crises, whether it is a war or a natural calamity. This has been amply proved during the past five decades or so of Independence.
- The coming challenges for intellectuals (Daily Excelsior, Ajit Jamwal, Feb 02, 2001)
'Intellectual, is a person who views the society as continuously evoking and changing for betterment. Probably, it means that he does not believe in the stagnation of the progress. For him perfections in the system of governance do not exist. True to his
- Sati of our time (Pioneer, Chanchal Sarkar, Feb 02, 2001)
With the confident achievement of having the largest number of dowry-related cases in the world, India has just held an international seminar on dowry and dowry deaths.
- Is trifurcation of State unavoidable ? (Daily Excelsior, Sain Dass Sumbria, Feb 02, 2001)
The day, the people of the Jammu and Kashmir achieved'' ''Independence'' from the Autocratic Rule in October, 1947, the Indian Sub-Continent had already been devided into ''Two sovereign and Independant Republics of India and Pakistan'' on the basis of ''
- Engaging EU (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 02, 2001)
IT IS IN the fitness of things that, during his visit to India, the EU Commissioner for External Affairs, Mr Chris Patten, should have urged all and sundry to improve economic and other ties with Brussels, the chief justification of which is that the two
- Kashmir beyond the beaten track (Daily Excelsior, R K Kokiloo, Feb 02, 2001)
In his write up captioned "Perilous course" which appeared in national paper Shri Brahma Chellaney has observed as under:-
- A budget for disaster (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 02, 2001)
FOR the second day running Prime Minister Vajpayee has talked of a tough budget, both the general and the railway ones. And taking an obvious clue, Finance Minister Sinha has given up his earlier reluctance and has agreed to impose new taxes. Railway Mini
- Expected shock (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 01, 2001)
AS EXPECTED THE Enron-promoted Dabhol Power Company has invoked the Central counter-guarantee. The Maharashtra State Electricity Board has for quite some time has been behind schedule in settling its monthly commitments to DPC. In the circumstances, the l
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